[Verse 1]
Our happy dinner date concluded.
My mother, my boyfriend, and I cleared the table
and washed the dishes with a bubble of detergent.
She said, “Please make yourself comfortable.”
[Pre-Chorus 1]
He asked, “What should we do next?”
She replied, “You should read an English textbook with 50 pages of text.”
[Chorus 1]
“After pleasure, there comes pain,” a lesson to embrace.
“But it’s just like a passing rain,” she says with gentle grace.
“That is a mother’s own refrain, ” a truth for time and space.
A promise of the sun again, to win the coming race.
[Verse 2]
He turned to me whispered low,
“How does she know about my homework, though?”
I replied, “It’s just a woman’s intuition, you know.”
He said, “I think it’s her affection, that’s begun to show.”
[Pre-Chorus 2]
I asked, “Why? I don’t get the connection
between your homework and my mother’s affection.”
He explained, “The reaction to my homework shows her affection.”
[Chorus 2]
He said, “You see, you’ll marry me, that’s what we’re meant to do.
I will become a scientist, and make you happy, too.
It all begins this very night, this homework is the key,
It is the first small step toward a life for you and me.”
[Instrumental Solo]
[Verse 3]
He smiled and added, “I guess that will work.”
I replied, “You’re right. Your plan is good and smart,
but putting it into practice is the hardest part.”
[Pre-Chorus 3]
I said, “I’d like to do my homework
because it’s the first step.”
My mother asked, “Have you two finished your homework yet?”
[Chorus 3]
“After the pain, there’s pleasure, too,” a promise sweet and deep,
My mother cut a cake for us, a vow for us to keep.
She said, “Here is your coffee and cake before you sleep.”
A taste of all the future joys that we will one day reap.
[Final Chorus]
“After pleasure, there comes pain,” a lesson to embrace,
“But it’s just like a passing rain,” she says with gentle grace.
That is a mother’s own refrain,” a truth for time and space.
A promise of the sun again, to win the coming race.
[Instrumental Solo]
[Fade Out]
[Sound] A fusion of soul featuring 16 beats with acoustic drums, slap electric bass, acoustic piano, compressed electric guitar, a horn section, strings, falsetto male vocals, female harmonies, and jazzy improvisation with a 7th chord progression.
**Verse:** pleasure melody
**Pre-Chorus:** pain melody
**Chorus:** refrain melody
**Key:** A# Major
**Tempo:** 105 BPM
**Duration:** 4:00
**Title: The First Step**
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